Zero Punctuation (Yahtzee) reviews Halo 4

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He's absolutely spot on about the campaign in every way.

He's a bit off on gameplay, but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?

He's absolutely spot on about the campaign in every way.

He's a bit off on gameplay, but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?

DarkLink77

good review. better than the one from this site, that's for sure.

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He's absolutely spot on about the campaign in every way.

He's a bit off on gameplay, but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?

Blabadon

The campaign was fun w/ some amazing environments, but he was right about the USB ports lololol and also there's too many switches. All 343 needs to do for Halo 5 is use much more variety in objectives and it'll be an amazing game. Otherwise, he just hates on the game to be cool.-RocBoys9489-

He praised GW2 quite a bit. Be mad.

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]The campaign was fun w/ some amazing environments, but he was right about the USB ports lololol and also there's too many switches. All 343 needs to do for Halo 5 is use much more variety in objectives and it'll be an amazing game. Otherwise, he just hates on the game to be cool.DarkLink77

He definitely delivered da funny this time -- don't really care for Halo enough to be butthurt though.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]The campaign was fun w/ some amazing environments, but he was right about the USB ports lololol and also there's too many switches. All 343 needs to do for Halo 5 is use much more variety in objectives and it'll be an amazing game. Otherwise, he just hates on the game to be cool.-RocBoys9489-

Haven't seen a Yahtzee video in forever; can't believe he's still doing the exact same schtick.

[QUOTE="worknow222"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] I am a fan of the universe (admittedly, I haven't read the Forerunner books yet, but I've read nearly everything else) and I had to pull up Halopedia after the Librarian's infodump. And they just get a lot of things wrong, frankly. Like, blatantly, "this is not possible in the Halo universe" wrong.DarkLink77

love his reviews. too many reviewers just focus on the good aspects.jeffster85

And only focusing on the bad espects is any better?

a true review should look andd articulate both.

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="worknow222"] no it didnt, everything in halo 4 does make sense while you need to read the forrunners books, it all made sense, well to me atleast, you not so muchworknow222

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] If you have to access additional media to understand the story in whatever it is you are experiencing, the writers have failed on a fundamental level. There is no excuse for how poorly things were explained in Halo 4.DarkLink77

"Gay african mammoth" :lol:

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="worknow222"] Depends on your view, I for one think it's fine (for I am a fan) so I am not effected by it, but for someone who is new to halo I say they did fine, considering the terminals explain alot about the story, Not everything, but making people guess until 343 explains it is fine, not everything has to follow your code of story, for I think the way you would tell a story to be horrible, opinions I guessworknow222

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"][QUOTE="worknow222"] Depends on your view, I for one think it's fine (for I am a fan) so I am not effected by it, but for someone who is new to halo I say they did fine, considering the terminals explain alot about the story, Not everything, but making people guess until 343 explains it is fine, not everything has to follow your code of story, for I think the way you would tell a story to be horrible, opinions I guess

worknow222

The fact that the story of Halo 4 relies heavily on extra reading outisde of the game world is a start. It draws a lot from other parts of the Halo world not seen or explained in the games and requires you to read up on it a lot. Which is good for fans of it who have read it, but not for newcomers, which a new trilogy start will always have.

Halo hasn't really moved forward, the first game was truly epic and ushered in a new benchmark as to what FPS games needed to do/have.

Halo 2 added a few more gameplay mechanics ( hijacking vehicles and dual weilding ftw!! )

And as Yahtzee puts in the video it's really combat evolved all that much since then, sure the games now look prettier then ever but strip back all the paint and it's largly the same game as Halo 2 and has not really changed all that much.

It'll always do well as long as it has the words 'Halo' on the case but if it didn't and it was just a new IP would it of still got the praise that it did?

Because I don't think it would of.

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[QUOTE="DarkLink77"] If you have to access additional media to understand the story in whatever it is you are experiencing, the writers have failed on a fundamental level. There is no excuse for how poorly things were explained in Halo 4.DarkLink77

I know nothing of the extended universe of Halo, but I was fine with Halo 4. Bad dude is going to f**k s**t up, Master Chief needs to stop him. That Kojima-styleinfo dump seemed unnecessary though.

[QUOTE="jeffster85"]love his reviews. too many reviewers just focus on the good aspects.DJ-Lafleur

And only focusing on the bad espects is any better?

a true review should look andd articulate both.

to me, it is. bad aspects ruin a game, so i prefer seeing what those are. ;)

but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?DarkLink77

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?Jebus213

It's stupidly rare, and that's only when the game is so excellent that bashing it for the things that you can get away with in other games would make him look like a moron.

I think this is the best yahtzee yet.

And I agree about the USB port crap, lol.

I think this is the best yahtzee yet.

And I agree about the USB port crap, lol.

ReadingRainbow4

bad review, bad jokes and complains too much about little things. mehmems_1224

[QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"]but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?DarkLink77

It's stupidly rare, and that's only when the game is so excellent that bashing it for the things that you can get away with in other games would make him look like a moron.

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[QUOTE="Jebus213"] Portal 1 and 2, Batman: AA and AC, and there are a dozen more after that. He makes jokes about everything. It doesn't mean he's always negative about it.Jebus213

It's stupidly rare, and that's only when the game is so excellent that bashing it for the things that you can get away with in other games would make him look like a moron.

[QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="DarkLink77"] There's like, six, maybe, that he hasn't contradicted in a later review.

It's stupidly rare, and that's only when the game is so excellent that bashing it for the things that you can get away with in other games would make him look like a moron.

DarkLink77

bad review, bad jokes and complains too much about little things. mehmems_1224

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He's absolutely spot on about the campaign in every way.

He's a bit off on gameplay, but it's not like he can actually praise things, now can he?

Blabadon

Yahtzee is one of the best reviewers out there.kuraimen

He praised GW2 quite a bit. Be mad.

Jankarcop

So much HaloKid butthurt itt :lol:

He praised GW2 quite a bit. Be mad.

Jankarcop

Very funny stuff, I am intruiged by a Halo story for the first time. try not to take Yahtzee's words to heart, fanbiys. He's auteur, a master of prose, hyperbole and exaggeration are his best weapons to pull in the funny.And more often than not, he speaks the truth wehter you want to hear it or not.